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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

Telecom Sector's Towering Woes

As Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio are feeling the heat of a crisis precipitated by a Supreme Court ruling, the sector's problems run deeper

How Vivo toppled Samsung, became India's No. 2 smartphone brand

Vivo now has 18.8 percent market share, a jump of 96.5 percent over the same quarter in 2018. Samsung, during the same period, slipped to third spot with a 15.5 percent share

Oyo trades reckless expansion for sustainable growth strategy

Oyo's losses are up six times; while its India numbers have improved, the firm is looking to focus on profitability and quality of services

Are rising LPG prices stoking inflation?

The price of a non-subsidised 14.2 kg LPG cylinder was Rs 858 in New Delhi in February 2020, compared to about Rs 575 last August, a near 50 percent jump in prices, adding to government concern

Can women entrepreneurs create 170 mn jobs by 2030?

A new Bain-Google report identifies the potential if the barriers to women-led businesses are removed

Murder, They Spoke

Who says crime doesn't pay? Not Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, who have turned their darkly funny podcast about killers into a burgeoning media empire

Nipsey's never-ending hustle

Not even death could stop the rapper from scoring an eight-figure income

The top-earning dead celebrities of 2019

Michael Jackson continues to reign the dead celebs rich list, raking in $60 million

Inside Puma's sprint past Adidas in India

India is the only country in which German sportswear maker's Big Cat is bigger than its global arch-rival, Adidas

'Expats shouldn't run big markets': Puma CEO Bjorn Gulden

Gulden speaks to Forbes India on why India is an important market for Puma, but staying number one is not the ultimate goal

Gig economy helps India's women workers gain financial independence

The increasing participation of women as drivers, delivery and logistics professionals is enabling blue-collar women workers to pursue their dreams—but cultural barriers still exist

Booking.com: Diversity in the age of AI

Online travel agency Booking.com has demonstrated how a digital platform can benefit from inclusivity and diversity

Forbes India Self-Made Women: Meet the jury

A five-member panel took on the challenge of choosing 20 women achievers who have made a distinct name for themselves in their chosen fields. After poring over a formidable longlist, they settled for those who exemplified courage and set benchmarks for others to emulate

Forbes India Self-Made Women: 20 women changing the game

From Dutee Chand to Neera Nundy and Vidya Balan, Forbes India recognises 20 women who have been audaciously ambitious yet driven by purpose and meaning

Geeta Goel: Working for the greater good

Geeta Goel has steered philanthropic initiatives towards improving education, jobs and livelihood in the country

Zilingo's Ankiti Bose: On track to build a unicorn

Ankiti Bose charted Zilingo's road to progress by changing track from being a fashion marketplace to a service provider to businesses

Netflix's Monika Shergill: Scripting success

As director of international originals at Netflix India, Monika Shergill has charted a bold and adventurous destiny

Neha Rastogi: Monitoring heart rates with a keychain

The co-founder of Noida-based startup Agatsa, Rastogi is making cardiac care accessible and affordable via a pocket device

Nupur Garg: For women in Private Equity

With WinPE, Nupur Garg, one of the most recognised faces in the Indian investing ecosystem, is working towards gender diversity in the sector

Mountaineer Poorna Malavath, 19, is conquering stereotypes

Poorna Malavath, who made history as the youngest person to ever scale Mt Everest at 13, hopes to change what is traditionally expected of girls through her mountaineering feats

Supriya Paul: Walking the talk

Supriya Paul shunned the herd by listening to her heart and striking it big with Josh Talks

Vidya Balan: Miss Congeniality

After 15 years of navigating the film industry, Vidya Balan is now working on her own terms and rediscovering her on-screen potential

Pranjul Bhandari: The creative economist

Pranjul Bhandari of HSBC Securities has made a mark for herself with contrarian calls

Neera Nundy: From Wall Street to social impact

Neera Nundy is strategically streamlining the social sector with Dasra, while pushing philanthropists to go the extra mile in giving

Meet Manasi Joshi, who lost a leg but became a badminton gold medallist

After Manasi Joshi lost her leg in an accident, she found her passion in badminton

How Geetha Manjunath built cheap, non-invasive breast cancer detection

A tragedy in the family made Manjunath, a computer engineer, turn her focus to breast cancer research

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari: Director with a purpose

Ad filmmaker-turned director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari has delivered hits like Nil Battey Sannata and Panga with her incisive storytelling, and hopes to represent India at the Oscars

Karuna Nundy: Without fear or favour

Karuna Nundy has shaped much of the law around gender justice and freedom of speech, taking on corporations and governments

Vedika Bhandarkar: Water woman

After a successful first career in banking, Vedika Bhandarkar is working to bring clean water and sanitation to those living at the base of the economic pyramid

Dutee Chand: On her mark

Sprinter Dutee Chand fought social and global forces to become one of the best athletes in India

Usha Vishwakarma: Teaching women self defence, never backing down

Usha Vishwakarma's Red Brigade Lucknow develops techniques to help women defend themselves from harassment or assault

ISRO's space-age women: Shooting for the moon

The projects led by Muthayya Vanitha and Ritu Karidhal Srivastava at Isro put India on the global map of space programmes

How Suchita Salwan took LBB from blog to brand marketplace

Suchita Salwan's Little Black Book has evolved from just giving recommendations about happening places to providing a platform for small merchants

Padma Parthasarathy: Tech Mahindra's tech-tonic

Getting clients on its digital services offering is a key aim for Tech Mahindra and Padma Parthasarathy is at its forefront

Putting the AR in art

As the global art world gradually takes to augmented reality, Singapore's artists are adapting it to a very local context

If fusion has to be done to survive, that's sad: Anoushka Shankar

The sitarist, in India recently, talks to Forbes India about why she makes crossover music and the importance of remaining true to herself

For exiled authors, the ink never dries

For writers such as Perumal Murugan, Taslima Nasrin and Sharmila Seyyid, continuing to write shapes their creative process and response to persecution

Thoughts on women

Distance cycling: How to take on the long haul

For self-supported long-distance cyclists, it is more about winning over their body and mind rather than the race

The confidence code

The annual W-Power special is an ideal platform to demolish longstanding stereotypes

Exploring the best of Berlin's growing Jewish food scene

The German city, which has always attracted youngsters from around the world, is seeing a rise in popularity among people from Israel, contributing to Levantine food's trendiness in the region

Want to make money in crypto currency? Question everything

If you want to succeed in the crazy, opaque, inefficient crypto market, start by challenging every assumption, every nugget of news, every piece of social media wisdom

Forbes Blockchain 50: Full list of top companies leveraging blockchain

To create our second annual list of big companies innovating with blockchain technology, we vetted hundreds of nominations. The best are leveraging the tech underlying cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to speed operations and increase transparency. Five of the most intriguing are listed below, with their underlying blockchains